Question

Nine yards of ribbon are cut into 8 equal pieces. What is the length of each piece? Is it 1.125?

Answer 1

The length of one piece is 1.125 yards.

Explanation:

We are given the following information:

Total length of ribbon = 8 yards

Number of equal pieces it is cut into = 8

We have to find the length of each piece. This can be found by dividing the total length of the ribbon by number of pieces it is divided into.

Formula:

`\text{Length of one piece} = \displaystyle\frac{\text{Length of Piece}}{\text{Number of pieces it is cut into}}\\= \displaystyle(9)/(8)\\= 1.125`

Hence, the length of one piece is 1.125 yards.

Answer 2

The length of the ribbon is 9 yards.

It needs to be cut into 8 pieces each of equal lengths.

So we need to divide the length of the ribbon by the number of pieces desired.

We get

`= (9)/(8)`

`= 1 (1)/(8) $ or $ 1.125`

When nine yards of ribbon are cut into 8 equal pieces, the length of each piece shall be 1.125 yards.